Ultra- Mega Catch Up

At the beginning of March Jax went on the Sea World overnight with his dad.

Here he is with Mrs. Perales.

Lunch with Shamu

Always surrounded by girls :-)

We live a crazy life- so we decided to take a Saturday off and just hang. So we went to the park and had a little picnic...

...played croquet...

...hung out and took naps under a tree.

It was fabulous!

Jackson winning an award for Excellence in P.E.

Look at that smile!

We went to Arizona the last weekend in March and got to play all weekend with the Curtis cousins and see Grandma and Grandpa. I wish I had taken more pics!

Savannah got a dollhouse for Christmas but her parents were weenies and didn't put it together until April!!!! Oh but was she ever a happy camper!!

Todd loves German Chocolate so I try to make a from scratch one every year for his birthday!
Then he had a Diplomacy night with the guys!!

I was in charge of the Easter Egg hunt for our ward. I think it went well. We had tons of eggs and candy. For Breakfast we did a fruit and yogurt parfait and Annie made homemade granola (which was fabulous) we also had muffins milk and juice. We even had a visit from the Easter Bunny- And a quick message about what Easter really is. I hope all the kids had fun!

The Rock

Savvy

Kids with the Easter Bunny!

Dying Easter eggs!

The Kriels and a few neighbors came to join in the coloring of eggs!

Easter Morning!!!!!

Nice hiding place Easter Bunny!

The hunt continues indoors!

How cute are my kids!!!!!

It was a little overwhelming for Savannah.

We then went to the Eastmonds- who also had an Easter Egg hunt!!

Spoiled kids!

Nat did a great job with the Easter decor!

More to come....

February

Fish Taco Night

Rocky was saying how much he liked our fish taco dinner, then proceeded to show us that he only liked the coating on the fish. My kids are so healthy.

(Disclaimer: It was laundry day)

Love/Hate

Todd went on a business trip and instead of bringing home a surprise he told the kids that as soon as he got back he would take them somewhere that was a surprise. Well, we have this love hate relationship with Chuck E. The kids love it and Mom and Dad hate..... well, hate the germs and love that the kids love it. So armed with coupons we had a family night at Chuck E.'s spot.

Fun was had by all- including Mom and Dad.

Valentine's

Grandma came up and took us all to lunch and everyone came over to our house.

Auntie Natty and Grandma brought balloons for everyone. Valentines were exchanged- fun was had.

(Mother of the year- Savvy what are you doing?)

End of Season Football Party

(Rocky's new found friend)

This is what happens when Dad is in charge of dressing the kids...


CAUGHT RED-HANDED!!!!!!!
Savannah is getting really good at finding hidden things- She found the red marker. No hiding it this time.

Naughty Girl



THE END

Finally- Christmas Pictures

Just catching up...

We started our own tradition of Christmas Eve at home with a nice honeybaked ham dinner, Martinelli's and the china.

The kids tracking Santa all over the world.

Our neighbor gave us reindeer food so Jackson spread it out for us.


Christmas morning - Savvy couldn't look away from her kitchen even to get a picture taken.

Savvy with all her loot. 'Slipstick' was plentiful- so she was in heaven

Well, as soon as the Wii and Rockband came out- that was the end, Mom had to pry it out of their hands to get them in car to go to dinner at Grandma's.

Ok- so random picture- Notice Tango on the top of her new 'perch'. She climbs up the rock wall and peers over the fence to terrify the neighbors. Oh and we have to add something to the top of the fence she can run up and over the 6' fence too.



On New Year's Day we went to Big Bear to play in a little snow and to remind Mom of why we live in southern California (snow's too cold and wet for me an hour is about all I can handle).

Snowball fight :) Mom made monster snowballs for Rocky and Savvy to even the playing field.

Couldn't leave without building a snowman.

Ok, so she really likes stuffed animals and blankets. We'll come and check on her before we go to bed and she will have collected everything soft that she can find and sometimes there's not enough room for her. And our new power struggle is keeping the PJs on. She's learned that she can take them off after we put her to bed and we don't notice. So she does it just because she can.

And to all a good night.

It's been busy so I haven't updated as much as I would like. I'll try and do better.